One of the alternative social networks to emerge out of the social media backlash of the Trump era is apparently going to try something new.
Parler announced Friday that it has acquired a cloud company called Dynascale in order to expand its vision beyond offering an (ostensibly) anything-goes social app to provide infrastructure for businesses that run the risk of getting the boot from mainstream providers.
The social app Parler will now operate under a new parent company known as Parlement Technologies, which also announced a fresh round of $16 million for the pivot toward infrastructure. The company didn’t name who contributed the new money, but previously received key investment from the deep-pocketed Republican donor Rebekah Mercer.
Parler’s CEO George Farmer, who will also lead the new parent company, told The Wall Street Journal that Parlement is “ta …
